April 3, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
State v. Greene: Joseph Smith and the Municipal Court discharged John P. Greene, Andrew Lytle, and Jonathan Lytle, three city policemen on a writ of habeas corpus after being arraigned on Chauncey L. Higbee's complaint of false imprisonment. Higbee was charged with costs for bringing a "vexatious and malicious suit."
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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